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M. B. LLOYD. BAG HOLDING WEIGHING SCALE.

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MARSHALL BURNS LLOYD, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO THE LLOYDSCALE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BAG-HOLDING WElGHlNG-SCALE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,337, dated June 27,1893.

Application filed July 18, 1892- Serial No. 440,305. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.- and is provided with the cross bar 18arranged Beitknown thatLMAnsHALLBURNsLLoYD, in the notch 14. When thelever 25 is in the of Minneapolis,in the county of Hennepin and positionshown in Fig. 1 the platform is en- State of Minnesota, have inventedcertain Imtirely suspended from the scale. IVhen the 5 provements inWVeighing-Scales, of which the lever is thrown down into the positionshown following is a specification. in Fig. 3 the platform rests uponthe floor and This invention relates to improvements in is entirelyunsupported from the scale. After the weighing scale for which LettersPatent placing the weight upon the platform while of the United Stateswere issued to me on the it is resting upon the floor, the lever is to28th day of February, 1888, No. 378,693, and moved so as to carry itsfree end under the the objects I have in view are to improve the hook33, the other end thereby raising upon construction of the scale,and toprovide means the lever 17 and the beam 13 being moved up by which thesuspended platform may be let so as to engage the cross bar 18 on thestanddoWn onto the floor without injury to the scale ard 16. Thisprevents the beam 13 from be- I5 and without throwing the beam out ofposition. in g thrown out of position no matter how much A furtherobject of the invention is to arstrain is brought upon said beam, andthe range the suspended platform so that it will platform is nowentirely suspended from the support a bag of any desired size. scale andits weight may be ascertained by In the accompanying drawings forming athe movement of the slide upon the beam. 20 part of thisspecificationz-Figure 1 is a side The suspended platform is preferablyproelevation ofascale constructed in accordance vided with the cross rod37 which is made with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail showadjustableupon said rods 23 by means of the ing the upper part of the frame. Fig.3 is a ferrules 39 and set screws 11. Arranged upon central verticalsection. the rod 37 are the adjustable sleeves 13 pro- 25 In thedrawings, 2 represents the frame, vided with the spring arms 45. Thesleeves which is of any suitable height and is prefer- 43 are providedwith the serrated surfaces 17 ably constructed with the inclined legsmakthat are adapted to engage the bag. These ing the frame substantiallyin the form of a spring arms together with the serrated surcarpenterssaw-horse. The upper platform 1 faces of the sleeves 43 are adapted toengage 8o 30 thereof is provided with the central slot 3 and and hold abag as indicated in dotted lines in with the inclined slot 5 extendingfrom said Fig. 1, and the cross rod may be moved to any central slot andone end of the platform. A desired position so as to engage a bag of anytable 7 is supported upon the top of said platdesired height and thesleeves 43 may be ad form upon suitable standards 9 and upon this justedupon the rod 37 to accommodate the 5 table are arranged the standards 11upon width of the bag.

which the beam 13 is pivoted. This beam is I claim as my inventionconnected by a suitable connection 15 with 1. The combination with thesupporting the lever 17, said lever supporting the susstand, of thepivoted beam 13 arranged in pended platform 19 that is provided with astandards 11 upon said stand, the standard 16 9o 40 bottom 21 and theside rods 23. The lever 17 provided with the cross bar 18 adapted toenis supported at its other end upon the pivoted gage a notch in thefree end of the beam, the lever 25, said lever being pivoted in thestandpivoted lever 17 connected to said beam, the ard 27 and providedwith the hook 29 adapted pivoted lever 25 to which the lever 17 is contoengage the link or clevis 31 that is connected, the hook 33 for holdingsaid lever, and 5 45 nected to the end of the lever17. Aweighted thesuspended platform 19 supported upon hook 33 is arranged upon the end ofthe frame the lever 17 and adapted to rest upon the floor and adapted toengage the lever 25 and hold when the lever 25 is released and to beraised said lever in any desired position. The end therefrom with aweight supported on it when of the beam 13 is provided with a notch 14the lever 25 is moved in the opposite direction. 50 and upon the table 7is arranged a standard 2. In a weighing scale having a platform 16 thatextends up 011 each side of the beam suspended therefrom to support thematter to be Weighed, said platform having side rods, of a cross baradjust-ably supported on said side rods and carrying adjustable springarms to adapt said bar and arms to secure to the platform bags varyingin length and Width, substantially as and for the purposes described. 3.The combination with the stand 2 havlng the platform 1 provided with anopening 3, and the inclined slot 5 extending from said opening to theend of the upper portion of the stand, the table 7 supported upon saidstand by the standards 9, standards 11 arranged upon said table, thebeam 13 pivoted in said standards and provided with the notch 14, thestandard 16 arranged upon said table and provided with a cross bar 18engaging said notch 141, the lever 17 connected to said beam and to thelever 25 and arranged to Work in the inclined slot 5 and the suspendedplatform supported upon said lever 17, substantially as described.

1. In a weighing scale having a platform suspended therefrom to supportthe matter to be Weighed, said platform having side rods, of a cross baradjustably supported on said side rods, the spring arms for securing abag containing the matter to be weighed, and the sleeves adj ustablymounted on said cross bar and carrying said spring arms and having theserrated surfaces, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of June,1802.

MARSHALL BURNS LLOYD.

In presence of A. 0. PAUL, FREDERICK S. LYON.

